Untitled (Young Woman with Lace Collar and Cuffs)
1850s
Medium
Photography-Photoprint
Classification
Photography-Photoprint
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro
Accession Number
2000.83.44
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Art Historical Context
In the 1850s, as photography emerged as a revolutionary medium in America, this untitled photoprint captured the poised elegance of a young woman with intricate lace collar and cuffs. Produced via an early photoprint process—likely a salted paper or albumen print from a glass negative—this intimate portrait exemplifies the era's shift from painted miniatures to accessible photographic likenesses. Housed in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, reflects the growing democratization of portraiture, allowing middle-class families to preserve personal memories with unprecedented detail and realism. ...
About the Artist
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